“Codec” is a technical term for compression/decompression. In addition, its definitive meaning is compress/decompress and code/decode. Many of these variations have a similar meaning. A Codec is software format that minimizes large video files, and make them usable on computers.…
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Something about FFDshow Codec Pack you need for Playing Videos
As new video and audio formats continue onward throughout development stages, it’s becoming harder and harder to be certain that your personal computer has gotten the required software to playback the newest and updated multimedia files. If you suddenly have a need to…
How to Capture frames in WebM videos using FVI
Capture frames in WebM videos using FVI A little info about webM, WebM is an open media file format designed for the web. Its files consist of video streams compressed with the VP8 video codec and audio streams compressed with…
3 Ways to play any video format
Let’s start from the easiest, and to a more time consuming approach. Easy Catch! 1. Download the VLC Player. Playing DVD’s videos on your desktop/laptop wouldn’t be a problem if you have a VLC player. The Famous VLC player, a…
How to play WebM files in windows media player
Playing WebM files into Windows Media Player Let’s take a recap. WebM files or formats where meant and designed for use on the web. With its high resolution and fast playback, it competes with other web media formats like FLV…
H.264 versus Google’s VP8
We have H.264, the tried-and-true industry codec for high-quality multimedia compression that has found itself caught up in a larger battle of open versus proprietary versus licensed standards for Web multimedia distribution. But let me just give you a short…
VP8 Tools for WebM
Google wrapped up Vorbis and VP8 into WebM and is offering it as open source to help drive a fully open standard for media online including video. Nearly everyone and their brother have jumped on board and so it’s time…
Kudos, WebM video!
Since the day WebM join the list of open and freely usable Web formats, video finally became a first-class citizen of the Web. That was a big deal, and the day will always be remembered in the history of the…
Why do I want webM?
WebM is an open media file format designed for the web. Its files consist of video streams compressed with the VP8 video codec and audio streams compressed with the Vorbis audio codec. The file structure is based on the Matroska…
The most common video problem
Without any doubt the single most common problem people have today with Fast video indexer are codec related crashes. Lets start with the technical bit and and the end of the text I will give you a practical tip on…